Ivanka Trump Stalker Is Someone We Know

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Hamilton Nolan

03/19/10 09:00AM

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Justin Massler of Reno, Nevada has been arrested for "stalking" Ivanka Trump, online. That's the same Justin Massler who threatened to kill himself after we wrote about his objectively crazy horse-themed letter to the NY Observer. Get well soon, Justin.

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squeakel Hamilton Nolan 03/19/10 09:07AM

What do you have to do to be arrested for stalking someone online? I'm asking for a friend.

hilikusopus squeakel 03/19/10 09:14AM

@squeakel: What really makes that comment *pop* is your avatar-screen name combination.

H Blix hilikusopus 03/19/10 09:24AM

@hilikusopus: Now I've got "Pop Goes the Weasel" in my head.

hilikusopus H Blix 03/19/10 09:28AM

@blix: Try singing the ABCs.

blah squeakel 03/19/10 09:53AM

*ignore* This comment is useless when Gawker's photo upload facility is failing again.

BettyCrocker Hamilton Nolan 03/19/10 09:32AM

Schizophrenia often hits people in their 20s, and it's often not easily treated. One of the first signs is attention-seeking behavior coupled with rhetoric that initially makes sense but then goes off the rails.

I'm no doctor, but if I had to guess, that's what's going on here. (Of course, if I'm wrong and he's just being all performance-arty, carry on.)

So... do we mock him as we do Tucker Max and The Hipster Grifter, assuming that he knows exactly what he's doing? Or do we show some compassion to someone who may or may not be mentally ill?

BigGreenMonster BettyCrocker 03/19/10 09:33AM

@BettyCrocker: Mock. Mercilessly.

blah BettyCrocker 03/19/10 09:49AM

@BettyCrocker: His obvious mental illness makes me feel uneasy enough to avoid mocking him too, but that whole train of thought ended with me questioning why I'm (occasionally) so willing to stick the knife into celebrities who are clearly mentally ill.

SarikaJalope BettyCrocker 03/19/10 11:15AM

@BettyCrocker: My brilliant, beloved cousin had his first psychotic break during his freshman year in college. What followed was years and years of agony for him, his parents, his siblings and all the extended family. During the first phase of his illness, he was hospitalized multiple times - usually involuntarily. He is now stable and living a relatively quiet and productive life, thank God, but we can all sense when he's especially on edge.

So yeah, I vote compassion.

But that compassion should not be blind. Hamilton, you should take care. For whatever reason, he has turned his sights on you. Unless and until he finds the treatment that can tame his demons, he will continue to focus on you.

leemacnyc BettyCrocker 03/19/10 12:28PM

@BettyCrocker: or he's a ninja!

SavetoFavorites Hamilton Nolan 03/19/10 09:44AM

"You're committed."

Uncle_Billy_Slumming SavetoFavorites 03/19/10 10:23AM

@SavetoFavorites:

Has anyone noticed that there's something odd about Donald Trump's hair?

The Dewd Hamilton Nolan 03/19/10 01:32PM

This kid seems like one of those dudes who like getting attention for being "weird" and has subsequently drank a little bit too much of his own kool-aid. Is that the path to crazytown? (not the band) Not sure. The letter to the Observer just seems like a silly and desperate ploy to get attention, but that Hamilton Nolan stalker website was just creepy. I can see how Ivanka could be afraid that he might be let off his chain. Better to keep him on a very short leash.